Your Future Starts Now!

Your Future Starts Now!2011 Performance Training Services

Performance Training Services• Who is this guy?

– Jason Bennett– PTS: Instructor and Director of

Career Services

• Why are we here?– 20 minute presentation– Survey & PTS Video– 15 minute Q & A at the end. “Ask

the guy”

Vocational School

What to do After School

Picking a Good Occupation

Get the Education & Training (PTS)

A $ucce$$ful career

What do you like to do?

Plan Your Future Today!

Get Paid Right Out of School!• Get out of your parents basement

• Make more $$$

• New car/truck/ATV/Motorcycle

• Make more $$$

• Hunting/fishing trips

• Make more $$$

• New computer/stereo/video games

• Make more $$$

– No work history or school credentials– No experience to maximize skill level– Marriage/children make it more difficult– Less parental support as you get older

CAN YOU MAKE IT!!!• SALARY• RENT• CAR PAYMENT• INSURANCE• CELL PHONE• CREDIT CARD BILLS• STUDENT LOAN

• NET

• $1500• $800• $300• $75• $50• $150• $125

• $0

Don’t Get Stuck!

What are the 3 most important things to you after school???

• 1

• 2

• 3

What to look for in a good career

• Something you like – Get a job you enjoy and you’ll never have to “work” another day

• Long term potential – can’t be exported

• Transferable skills that can take you anywhere in the country

• Pride – “I helped build that!” – Help build our country

The Heavy Equipment Industry

Construction

Residential/Commercial Building

Mining/Mineral Extraction

Sewer/Water

Demolition

Environmental

Road Maintenance

Sand and Gravel

Timber

Underground Construction

Agriculture

Landfills

Ponds and Shoreline

Snow Removal

Job Outlook• Heavy Equipment Operators and Class A CDL

drivers are both in America’s top 10 most-wanted workers.

• 8% increase in employment within the next 10 years.

• Congressional support on bridge construction and road projects in the U.S.

• U.S. Department of Labor

How to get in the door

Performance Training Services

PTS HistoryPTS History

• Years in vocational training• Family owned and operated• 3 schools nationwide

National CertificationNational Certification

• NCCER (National Center for Construction Education Research)

• Portability of training accomplishment, regardless of where the training may have geographically occurred

• Nationally accredited

The Machines

The EquipmentPTS utilizes many different makes and models of equipment

Hands-on Training

The ProgramsThe Programs• 3 Levels Of NCCER Heavy Equipment Programs• CDL (Class A)• NCCCO Crane Program

NCCER Heavy Equipment• Program I

– 3 weeks Heavy Equipment

• Program II– 6 Weeks Heavy

Equipment

• Program III– 9 weeks Heavy

Equipment

Level 1 Equipment Level 1 Equipment

• Backhoes • Front-end

Loaders• Skid Steers• Dump Trucks

Level 2 EquipmentLevel 2 Equipment

• Bulldozers• Compactors• Scrapers• Rollers• Forklifts

Level 3 EquipmentLevel 3 Equipment

• Excavators• Motor Graders

Class A CDL Careers

• Class A CDL Driver– Truck Driver (local

and long haul)– Dump truck operator– Hauling equipment

to/from job sites

Class A CDL TrainingClass A CDL Training

• 3 Week Program (Student would need to provide DOT physical and permit prior to training).

Class A CDL TrainingClass A CDL Training• Increases employment

options• Very useful for

hauling/transporting materials on job sites

• Can increase starting wages • CDL is an optional program

offered as part of the PTS training programs or can be taken independently.

Mobile Hydraulic CranesMobile Hydraulic Cranes• Increases employment

options• Very useful for

hauling/transporting materials on job sites

• Can increase starting wages

Housing

• -Cable TV• -Fridge• -Microwave• -Laundry• -Free Internet• -Convenient Location

FREE WORKSHOPS• $500 Scholarship Available

• Meet the PTS Instructors & Staff

• Tour the Campus Facilities

• See the Equipment & Field Site

• Experience a NCCER Module

Enrollment

• No Application Fee• Scholarship Available • Financial Assistance• No GPA required• No ACT/SAT• Apply Online in minutes

Job Placement Job Placement

• Placement within a 50 mile radius from where you live

• Lifetime Career Assistance

• Anywhere in the USA

PTS TESTIMONIALS• "They care about you. They want you to succeed"

"I know I'll have the confidence, training and ability to get a job." - Randy Kowalczyk (PTS Student)

• "All the instructors here at PTS are really great. They know what they're talking about...I would absolutely recommend PTS to a friend, I'm already trying to get my brother to attend"- Noah Soehnlen (PTS Student)

• "...It's hands-on, not all classroom...and they help you with job leads...The instructors are great, real personable...the kind of guys you would want to work with out in the field"- Shawn Ross (PTS Student)

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